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LUNAE MONTES

LUNAEMONTES (ΣελήνηςὄροςΑἰθιοπίας, Ptol. 4.8. § § 3, 6), from which mountains, and from the lakes formed by their melting snows, Ptolemy derives the sources of the Nile. Their position is unknown, and if they have any real existence, they must be placed S. of the Equator.